U.S. History A Timeline By Ayden Hutton 1492 BCE The Discovery of America by Columbus May 15, 1607 The Settlement of Jamestown 1754 The French and Indian War Dec 16, 1773 The Boston Tea Party Jun 4, 1774 The Declaration of Independence Apr 19, 1775 The Battle of Lexington and Concord Sep 28, 1781 The Battle of Yorktown May 25, 1787 The Constitutional Convention 1789 The Alien and Sedition Acts 1793 The invention of the cotton gin (by Eli Whitney) 1803 The Louisiana Purchase 1812 The War of 1812 1820 The Missouri Compromise 1828 Andrew Jackson’s Election 1830 The invention of the telegraph (Samuel Morse, ~1837) 1837 The Panic of 1837 1838 The Trail of Tears 1846 The Mexican-American War 1850 The Compromise of 1850 1861 The Firing on Fort Sumter (start of Civil War) 1863 The Emancipation Proclamation 1865 Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination 1865 Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse 1868 Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment 1870 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments ratified 1882 The Organization of Standard Oil Trust 1894 The Pullman and Homestead Strikes 1898 The Spanish-American War 1901 Theodore Roosevelt becomes president 1903 The invention of the electric light (Edison), telephone (Bell), and airplane (Wright brothers)